| Luge at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Canada Olympic Park |
| Dates | 14–19 February |
| Competitors | 90 from 22 nations |
| Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | doubles | |
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Canada Olympic Park. The competition took place between 14 and 19 February 1988. [1] [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
East Germany won all three gold medals, and six medals overall. All three countries that won medals in Calgary were participating in their last Winter Olympics, the two Germanys unifying and the Soviet Union splitting up before 1992. [1]
| Event [1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Jens Müller  East Germany | 3:05.548 | Georg Hackl  West Germany | 3:05.916 | Yury Kharchenko  Soviet Union | 3:06.274 |
| Women's singles | Steffi Walter-Martin East Germany | 3:03.973 | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß East Germany | 3:04.105 | Cerstin Schmidt East Germany | 3:04.181 |
| Doubles | East Germany (GDR) Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch | 1:31.940 | East Germany (GDR) Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt | 1:32.039 | West Germany (FRG) Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger | 1:32.274 |
Twenty-three nations participated in Luge at the Calgary Games. The Netherlands Antilles, Bulgaria, the Philippines and the US Virgin Islands made their Olympic luge debuts. [1]
Netherlands Antilles (1)
Argentina (1)
Austria (7)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (9)
Spain (1)
France (1) West Germany (7)
Great Britain (4) East Germany (10)
Virgin Islands (1)
Italy (9)
Japan (5)
Liechtenstein (1)
Philippines (1)
Puerto Rico (2)
Romania (1)
Sweden (2)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Chinese Taipei (2) Soviet Union (10)
United States (9)
Yugoslavia (2)
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